Retail Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Retailing
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Contract jobs citing Retail 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.32% - 1.02%
As % of the General category 0.54% - 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £248 £420 £475
% change year-on-year -41.07% -11.58% -13.64%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 185 212 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 58.73% 48.29% 34.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 94 110
10th Percentile £184 £374 £328
25th Percentile £278 £461 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £539 £538
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +0.23% +2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £675
90th Percentile £685 £750 £739
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 14
10th Percentile - £22.50 £20.23
25th Percentile £13.50 £28.00 £26.06
Median hourly rate £15.21 £33.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.92% -7.04% -0.62%
75th Percentile £33.49 £61.94 £51.56
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.50 £83.01
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £65.00 £56.30
% change year-on-year -63.08% +15.46% +2.35%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Retail job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Retail

Retail
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 3 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester - 1 £170 - 2
Retail
South West

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS